In an apparatus and method for controlling an array antenna comprising a plurality of antenna elements arranged so as to be adjacent to each other in a predetermined arrangement configuration, a plurality of received signals received by the antenna elements is transformed into respective pairs of quadrature baseband signals, using a common local oscillation signal, wherein each pair of quadrature baseband signals is orthogonal to each other. Then predetermined first and second data are calculated based on each pair of transformed quadrature baseband signals, and are filtered using a noise suppressing filter. Respective elements of a transformation matrix for in-phase combining are calculated based on the filtered first and second data, and the received signals obtained from the each two antenna elements are put in phase based on the calculated transformation matrix. Thereafter, a plurality of received signals which are put in phase are combined in phase, and an in-phase combined received signal is outputted.